Did European Labor Markets Become More Competitive in the 1990s? Evidence from Estimated Worker Rents

Saint-Paul, Gilles

doi:10.2139/ssrn.524643

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Did European Labor Markets Become More Competitive in the 1990s? Evidence from Estimated Worker Rents

26 Pages Posted: 14 Apr 2004

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Gilles Saint-Paul

University of Toulouse I - GREMAQ-IDEI; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: March 2004

Abstract

This paper analyses the evolution of quantitative measures of employee rents in Europe during the nineties, using the European Household Panel Survey. One looks at two class of measures: wage differentials between workers along industry and firm size dimensions, and estimated welfare differences between employed and unemployed using a model of labor market transitions. The results are largely negative; there is robust evidence of falling rents during that period only in Ireland.

Keywords: unemployment, insiders, rents, labour market flexibility

JEL Classification: D3, E24, J3

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Saint-Paul, Gilles, Did European Labor Markets Become More Competitive in the 1990s? Evidence from Estimated Worker Rents (March 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=524643 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.524643